Hans Rudolf Berndorff (1895-1963) was born in Dusseldorf, Germany. From a young age was a journalist with an interest in the bizarre and adventurous, including shipwrecks and piracy. During the Nazi era he published a number of popular novels that steered away from controversy and avoided political repercussions. He used both his own his own name as well as writing as Rudolf van Wehrt and Hans Rudolf. Joseph Goebbels liked his adventurous tales and thought they contributed to public entertainment and thus helped the war effort. This did not damage his career after the war; he continued his...
Hans Rudolf Berndorff (1895-1963) was born in Dusseldorf, Germany. From a young age was a journalist with an interest in the bizarre and adventurous, ...
